November 14, 2012: Afternoon
- In upcoming fiscal talks, President Obama reaffirms campaign promise that he'll fight for the middle class.
- When your boss is Obama—who doesn't relinquish big decisions—it doesn't matter who the next secretary of state is.
- RedState addresses its readers: "Too many people have spent the past four years obsessed with birth certificates."
- Texas has the economy and infrastructure to stand on its own, but rather than secede, becoming a territory makes more sense.
- A petition to grant Austin the right to secede from Texas and remain part of the U.S.
- What the people really want: At 555,000 signatures, a petition for Macy's to drop Donald Trump.
- A man remembers when Hitler rented an apartment on his street.
- Infinite Jukebox creates never-ending remixes of songs.
- Brian Eno in conversation with economist Ha-Joon Chang.
- Beck introduces his sheet music project: "I have little idea whether any of these songs managed to find that line."
- It's not just Rex Ryan and Andy Reid: NFL coaches are sartorial disasters and could take a hint from their NBA brethren.
- Miranda Popkey on the Eagles' disastrous season and the inconsistency of Michael Vick.
- Why Argo is hard for Iranians to watch.